Nathaniel Phillips

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Nathaniel Phillips
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Phillips with AFC Bournemouth in 2022
Personal information
Full name Nathaniel Harry Phillips[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Bolton, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back[3]
Club information
Current team
AFC Bournemouth
(on loan from Liverpool)
Number 2
Youth career
200?–2016 Bolton Wanderers
2016–2019 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Liverpool 17 (1)
2019–2020VfB Stuttgart (loan) 19 (0)
2022–AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:52, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Nathaniel Harry Phillips (born 21 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for AFC Bournemouth, on loan from club Liverpool.

Early life[]

Phillips was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester.[4]

Career[]

In 2016, Phillips left Bolton Wanderers' academy and trained at Huddersfield Town after he secured a scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[5] Two days before his planned flight to the United States, he joined Liverpool's academy instead.[6][7] In the summer of 2018 Phillips started to train with Liverpool's first team and became a member of Jürgen Klopp's squad[8] but still played for the reserve team.

Phillips training with VfB Stuttgart in 2019

In 2019, he moved to German second-division club VfB Stuttgart on loan for the season.[9][10] He made his professional debut for Stuttgart in the first round of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a half-time substitute for Holger Badstuber in the away match against 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock.[11] Phillips made his first appearance in the 2019–20 2. Bundesliga on 17 August 2019 against FC St. Pauli.[12] On 27 December 2019, Liverpool announced that Phillips would be recalled from his loan on 1 January 2020 because of a defender injury crisis at his parent club.[13] Twelve days later, after making his first team debut for Liverpool on 5 January 2020 in an FA Cup third round match against Everton, he was loaned back to VfB Stuttgart for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.[14][15]

On 31 October 2020, Phillips made his league debut for the club, starting in Liverpool's 2–1 win over West Ham United.[16][17] On 10 March 2021, Phillips made his Champions League debut, putting in a man of the match performance in a 2–0 win over RB Leipzig, and helping Liverpool advance to the quarter finals 4–0 on aggregate.[18]

Phillips scored his first goal for the club on 19 May 2021, scoring a headed goal and Liverpool's second of the game during a 3–0 away win over Burnley in the Premier League and with it, another man of the match award.[19] The following season, Phillips played in Liverpool's 2–1 win against AC Milan at the San Siro to complete the Champions League group stage with six wins.[20] Days later it was revealed Phillips suffered a fractured cheekbone during the game.[21]

On 31 January 2022, he joined AFC Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season.[22]

Personal life[]

Nathaniel is the son of former footballer Jimmy Phillips and played under him in the Bolton Wanderers academy.[23]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 7 December 2021[24]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21 Premier League 17 1 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 0 0 20 1
2021–22 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 3 0
Total 17 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 24 1
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 19 0 3 0 22 0
Liverpool U21 2021–22 1[b] 0 1 0
Career total 36 1 4 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 47 1
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Nathaniel Phillips: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Nathaniel Phillips: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Nathaniel Phillips". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Phillips turns down U.S. college scholarship for shot with Liverpool". ESPN. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ "How Liverpool youngster came back from the brink to seal dream move to Reds". Liverpool Echo. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Bolton Wanderers Youngster Nat Phillips Joins Liverpool". The Lion Of Vienna Suite. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Liverpool's 'hidden' pre-season star". Daily Mirror. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Nathaniel Phillips signs new Liverpool contract and joins Stuttgart on loan". Liverpool FC. 7 August 2019.
  10. ^ "VfB sign Liverpool defender Phillips". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Hansa Rostock – VfB Stuttgart 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  12. ^ "VfB Stuttgart – FC St. Pauli 2:1". dfb.de. German Football Association. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Nat Phillips returns from Stuttgart loan". Liverpool FC. 27 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Nathaniel Phillips returns to Stuttgart on loan". Liverpool FC. 13 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Reds were 'sensationally good' - Klopp" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Liverpool go top after Jota winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Who is Phillips, Liverpool's man thrown in the deep end?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Liverpool cruise into quarters as Sadio Mané and Salah cut down Leipzig again". Guardian. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Liverpool into top four after Burnley win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Liverpool beat Milan for perfect group stage record". BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Nat Phillips set for spell out with cheekbone fracture". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  22. ^ "AFC BOURNEMOUTH COMPLETE SIGNING OF NAT PHILLIPS". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Decade XI: Remembering those we never saw". 17 December 2019.
  24. ^ "N. Phillips". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

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